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Here we report the results of searching millisecond pulsar (MSP) candidates from the Fermi LAT second source catalog (2FGL). Seven unassociated $\gamma-$ray sources in this catalog are identified as promising MSP candidates based on their…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-08-19 C. Y. Hui , S. M. Park , C. P. Hu , L. C. C. Lin , K. L. Li , A. K. H. Kong , P. H. T. Tam , J. Takata , K. S. Cheng , Ruolan Jin , T. -C. Yen , Chunglee Kim

Observations with the Fermi Large Area Telescope (LAT) of the gamma-ray source 4FGL J1702.7-5655, previously classified as a candidate millisecond pulsar, show highly-significant modulation at a period of 0.2438033 days (~ 5.85 hours).…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-08-17 R. H. D. Corbet , L. Chomiuk , J. B. Coley , G. Dubus , P. G. Edwards , N. Islam , V. A. McBride , J. Stevens , J. Strader , S. J. Swihart , L. J. Townsend

CXOU J110926.4-650224 is a candidate transitional millisecond pulsar (tMSP) with X-ray and radio emission properties reminiscent of those observed in confirmed tMSPs in their X-ray 'subluminous' disc state. We present the results of…

We present a multi-wavelength study of the unidentified Fermi object, 3FGL J0212.1+5320. Within the 95% error ellipse, Chandra detects a bright X-ray source (i.e., F(0.5-7keV) = 1.4e-12 erg/cm^2/s), which has a low-mass optical counterpart…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-12-21 Kwan-Lok Li , Albert K. H. Kong , Xian Hou , Jirong Mao , Jay Strader , Laura Chomiuk , Evangelia Tremou

XSSJ1227.0-4859 is a peculiar, hard X-ray source recently positionally associated to the Fermi-LAT source 1FGLJ1227.9-4852/2FGLJ1227.7-4853. Multi-wavelength observations have added information on this source, indicating a low-luminosity…

We report multi-wavelength observations of the unidentified Fermi object 2FGL J1653.6-0159. With the help of high-resolution X-ray observation, we have identified an X-ray and optical counterpart of 2FGL J1653.6-0159. The source exhibits a…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-22 A. K. H. Kong , R. Jin , T. -C. Yen , C. P. Hu , C. Y. Hui , P. H. T. Tam , J. Takata , L. C. C. Lin , K. S. Cheng , S. M. Park , C. L. Kim

We present the discovery of a likely new redback millisecond pulsar binary associated with the \emph{Fermi} $\gamma$-ray source 4FGL J2333.1--5527. Using optical photometric and spectroscopic observations from the SOAR telescope, we…

The Fermi $\gamma$-ray source 1FGL J1417.7--4407 (J1417) is a compact X-ray binary with a neutron star primary and a red giant companion in a $\sim$5.4 day orbit. This initial conclusion, based on optical and X-ray data, was confirmed when…

We have identified an optical binary with orbital period P_b=4488s as the probable counterpart of the Fermi source 2FGL J1653.6-0159. Although pulsations have not yet been detected, the source properties are consistent with an evaporating…

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Because of the disappearance of its accretion disk since the time period around 2012 November--December, XSS J12270-4859 has recently been identified as, in addition to PSR J1023+0038, another transitional millisecond pulsar binary. We have…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-08-06 Yi Xing , Zhongxiang Wang

The peculiar low mass X-ray binary XSSJ12270-4859, associated with the Fermi/LAT source 2FGLJ1227.7-4853, was in a X-ray, gamma-ray and optical low-luminosity persistent state for about a decade until the end of 2012, when it has entered…

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We present the orbital solution for the donor star of the candidate transitional millisecond pulsar 3FGL J1544.6-1125, currently observed as an accreting low-mass X-ray binary. The orbital period is $0.2415361(36)$ days, entirely consistent…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-11-01 Christopher T. Britt , Jay Strader , Laura Chomiuk , Evangelina Tremou , Mark Peacock , Jules Halpern , Ricardo Salinas

The low-mass X-ray binary (LMXB) system FIRST J102347.6+003841 hosts a newly born millisecond pulsar (MSP) PSR J1023+0038 that was revealed as the first and only known rotation-powered MSP in a quiescent LMXB. While the system is shown to…

Context. Spider pulsars are millisecond pulsars in tight binary systems, in which a low-mass companion star is heated and ablated by the pulsar wind. Their observations allow one to study stellar evolution with formation of millisecond…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-01-15 A. V. Karpova , S. V. Zharikov , D. A. Zyuzin , A. Yu. Kirichenko , Yu. A. Shibanov , I. F. Márquez

About one third of the 3033 $\gamma$-ray sources in the Third Fermi-LAT Gamma-ray Source Catalogue (3FGL) are unidentified and do not have even a tentative association with a known object, hence they are defined as unassociated. Among…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-06-28 D. Salvetti , R. P. Mignani , A. De Luca , M. Marelli , C. Pallanca , A. A. Breeveld , P. Husemann , A. Belfiore , W. Becker , J. Greiner

XSS J12270-4859 is an X-ray binary associated with the Fermi LAT gamma-ray source 1FGL J1227.9-4852. In 2012 December, this source underwent a transition where the X-ray and optical luminosity dropped and the spectral signatures of an…

Transitional millisecond pulsars (tMSPs) are neutron-star systems that alternate between a rotation-powered radio millisecond pulsar state and an accretion-disk-dominated low-mass X-ray binary (LMXB)-like state on multi-year timescales.…

Several redback and black widow millisecond pulsar binaries have episodes of flaring in X-rays and optical. We initially detected such behavior from the Fermi selected redback candidate 1FGL J0523.5$-$2529 during optical time-series…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-08-31 Jules P. Halpern , Karen I. Perez , Slavko Bogdanov

We present multiwavelength observations of the persistent Fermi-LAT unidentified gamma-ray source 1FGL J1417.7-4407, showing it is likely to be associated with a newly discovered X-ray binary containing a massive neutron star (nearly 2…